Comcast's new chief financial officer, Mike Cavanagh, knocked it out of the ballpark with compensation in 2015 of $40.6 million. He officially began his job as CFO on July 1. --SNIP--- Comcast's six highest-paid executives - Cavanagh, Roberts, Burke, and Comcast Cable division CEO Neil Smit, senior executive vice president David L. Cohen, and former CFO Michael Angelakis - were compensated a total of $176.5 million in 2015.